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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00THEHAGUE1776 |
DEMARCHE ON NO ANCHORING PROPOSAL [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, WE CONTACTED MARTEN KOOPMANS, SENIOR STAFFER IN THE DUTCH TRANSPORT MINISTRY'S TRANSPORT SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WHO WILL HEAD THE DUTCH DELEGATION TO THE IMO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON SAFETY OF NAVIGATION (NAV). KOOPMANS TOLD US THAT THE U.S. PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP IN C [...] |
2000-06-15 09:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EWWT KSCA PHSA SENV NL |
| 02ABUJA3346 |
NIGERIA: MINISTER OF HEALTH PLEDGES [...] (SBU) On December 16, Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by USAID Acting Director, USAID HIV/AIDS Officer and CDC/Nigeria Statistician, presented the joint letter from Secretaries Powell and Thompson on the President's International Mother and Child HIV/AIDS Initiative (reftel) and delivered the s [...] |
2002-12-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA OPDC OSCI PREL SOCI TBIO TSPL KHIV NI |
| 02AMMAN2516 |
JORDAN: EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW SELECTION [...] Embassy Amman has reviewed the three candidates for the Embassy Science Fellow Program that were forwarded to us by OES and has chosen Dr. Sylvana Li of the USDA/FAS as our first choice. Dr. Li's background suits her well to the job. Not only is her expertise in water quality and [...] |
2002-05-20 06:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER EAGR EAID TSPL SENV KSCA JO |
| 02AMMAN4946 |
JORDAN RE: UN CONVENTION TO BAN HUMAN CLONING [...] (U) On August 27, poloff delivered reftel points to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the Office of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aamiri said the MFA would study our points and consult with other relevant government bodies. 2. (U) On September 1, econoff [...] |
2002-09-03 05:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA PREL AORC TBIO TPHY JO UNGA |
| 02HANOI2010 |
ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A PROPOSED [...] THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH'S (NIH) PROPOSED SUPPORT FOR A RESEARCH GRANT ON "GENDER RELATIONS, SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, AND PERCEIVED HIV RISK AMONG VIETNAMESE ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS" UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02010 140644Z WILL ONLY SERVE TO STRENGTHE [...] |
2002-08-14 06:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA VM HIV AIDS |
| 02ROME3296 |
GDIN PAVES WAY FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE [...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 19-21, 2002, THE GLOBAL DISASTER INFORMATION NETWORK (GDIN) HELD ITS FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ENTITLED "TAKING OFF: GDINS CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN HEALTH, SURVIVAL, AND WELL-BEING," AT THE SANTO SPIRITO MONUMENTAL BUILDING IN ROME, ITALY. EXPERTS WERE PRESENT FROM GOVERNMENT, IN [...] |
2002-07-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IT TSPL KSCA |
| 02ROME443 |
MISSION ITALY STRATEGY ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY AND INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CONSULATES FLORENCE, MILAN, AND NAPLES. 2. SUMMARY: AS REPORTED REF A, THE GOI HAS ONLY RECENTLY STARTED TO COORDINATE GOVERNMENT-WIDE ITS PREPARATION FOR THE WSSD NEXT SEPTEMBER. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO MFA, ITALY WILL WORK H [...] |
2002-01-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA IT FAO |
| 02ROME4911 |
IWC MEETING - ITALY UNLIKELY TO VOTE BUT STILL [...] ON OCTOBER 4, POST PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO SILVIA DE BERTOLDI, ASSISTANT TO GIUSEPPE AMBROSIO, THE ITALIAN IWC COMMISSIONER. DE BERTOLDI WAS CONFIDENT THAT ITALY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VOTE AT THE IWC SPECIAL MEETING SINCE THE FISHERIES DIRECTOR GENERAL HAD SIGNED THE IWC-ARREARS PAYME [...] |
2002-10-08 14:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV KSCA IT IWC |
| 02ROME5589 |
NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY CLUSTER IN VENETO READY [...] SUMMARY. ESTCOUNS AND SCI SPECIALIST VISITED THE UNIVERSITY OF PADUA NANOTECHNOLOGY PROJECT, A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP AN INTERNATIONALLY-COMPETITIVE HIGH-TECH CLUSTER IN VENETO (NORTHERN ITALY). THE PROJECT, CO-FUNDED BY THE RESEARCH MINISTRY, [...] |
2002-11-18 13:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL KSCA TPHY IT |
| 02ROME6137 |
WHY PM BERLUSCONI WON'T MOVE FORWARD ON BIOTECH [...] (C) SUMMARY. AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF HIGH-LEVEL AND INTENSIVE EMBASSY WORK WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS GOVERNMENT, A COORDINATED, ITALIAN NATIONAL POLICY ON BIOTECHNOLOGY REMAINS ELUSIVE. MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ALEMANNO CONTINUES TO PRESS THE ANTI-GMO CASE BY ARGUING FOR A "ZERO-TOLERA [...] |
2002-12-27 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA TSPL PGOV IT EUN |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2586 |
HONDURAS UNDECIDED ON CLONING CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-13 19:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KSCA TBIO TPHY HO UNGA |
| 02VATICAN4241 |
VATICAN ON CLONING CONVENTION: DON'T MAKE THE IDEAL THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VATICAN DFM MIGLIORE TOLD DCM AUGUST 30 THAT THE HOLY SEE SHARED U.S. GOALS ON THE CLONING CONVENTION AND SUPPORTED USG EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE A UN CONVENTION TO BAN ALL FORMS OF HUMAN CLONING. HOWEVER, THE VATICAN FEARED THAT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VA [...] |
2002-09-03 05:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA PREL AORC TBIO TPHY VT UNGA |
| 02VATICAN5346 |
HOLY SEE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CLONING CONVENTION [...] (U) EMBASSY APPROACHED HOLY SEE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MIGLIORE OCTOBER 25 TO REQUEST HOLY SEE DEMARCHES TO ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) MEMBER STATES IN ORDER TO SECURE BROADER SUPPORT FOR THE U.S.-SPONSORED RESOLUTION BANNING ALL FORMS OF HUMAN CLONING. MIGLIORE [...] |
2002-10-31 13:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KSCA PREL VT UNGA |
| 02VATICAN699 |
VATICAN ON CLONING CONVENTION [...] (C) POLOFF MET VATICAN UN ISSUES DIRECTOR MONS. DOMINIQUE MAMBERTI 02/07 TO DISCUSS REFTEL QUESTIONS ON VATICAN POSITION REGARDING UN ANTI-CLONING CONVENTION DEBATE. MAMBERTI UNDERSCORED THE HOLY SEE'S ABSOLUTE OPPOSITION TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00699 [...] |
2002-02-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PREL SENV TBIO TPHY TSPA VT UNGA |
| 03ABUDHABI1130 |
AMBASSADOR SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-10 09:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2368 |
UAEG BRIEFED ON NEW USG COMMERCIAL REMOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-17 12:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA PREL ETTC KSCA TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3127 |
UAEG SUPPORTS COSTA RICAN RESOLUTION BANNING HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | USUN TBIO KSCA PREL PHUM TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3195 |
UAEG CONSIDERATION OF SIGNING ICOC ONGOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The UAEG is actively considering signing the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC or "Hague Code"). The MFA Legal Affairs Department has recommended to MFA MinState Hamdan Bin Zayed's Office that the UAEG sign the Hague Code. [...] |
2003-07-08 12:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA |
| 03ABUDHABI3247 |
USGS MISSION IN UAE IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Drilling Company (NDC) hasrequested that the Ground Water Research Project (GWRP) -- the UAE entity with which the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is affiliated -- stop drilling new water wells, downsize its staff and end its research projects in the UAE. NDC would l [...] |
2003-07-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3422 |
UAEG WILL ENDORSE BAN ON ALL HUMAN CLONING [...] (U) Local press reported that after attending a meeting last week in Paris organized by a special committee affiliated with WHO and UNESCO to discuss human cloning, Ministry of Health Assistant Undersecretary for Curative Medicine Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Al-Hawi stated that the UAE would support a b [...] |
2003-07-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | USUN TBIO KSCA PREL PHUM TC |
| 03AMMAN2232 |
JORDAN - REQUEST FOR 2003 EMBASSY SCIENCE [...] SUMMARY: Post welcomes the opportunity to further USG environmental and trade objectives in Jordan and requests an Embassy Science Fellow from EPA for up to three months during the summer of 2003. The fellow will provide technical assistance to the recently created Ministry of Environment, p [...] |
2003-04-13 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL SENV ETRD AMGT APER KSCA JO |
| 03AMMAN268 |
SESAME--A VIRTUAL REALITY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN |
| 03AMMAN4042 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UN CLONING RESOLUTION [...] A/PolCouns and Pol Intern met 2 July with Dr. Mousa Braizat, director, International Organizations Department, Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Nayef al-Zaidan, assistant and consultant to the director; and, Mr. Ayman al-Ameri, second assistant and consultant to the director. 2. [...] |
2003-07-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA JO USUN |
| 03AMMAN4807 |
SESAME-SOWING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Second SESAME (Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Council meeting, hosted in Istanbul in mid-July, yielded a productive discussion among the regional members on key issues such as upgrading of the synchrotron machine, future scie [...] |
2003-08-03 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN |
| 03ANKARA5073 |
GOT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT USG PROPOSALS AT MTCR [...] (U) Classified by Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Harry Kamian. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 8, polmiloff passed reftel paper to Omur Yurdakul, First Secretary in the MFA's Disarmament Department. Yurdakul indicated that the GOT would likely support all three reftel proposals at the [...] |
2003-08-11 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR BA TU |
| 03ANKARA5144 |
SPACE COOPERATION: GOT IS ANXIOUS TO CONCLUDE A [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Action request at paragraph 7. 3. (C) Following the conclusion of the "Statement of Intent between the United States Department of Defense and the Turkish General Staff for Defense Space Cooperat [...] |
2003-08-13 09:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA KSTC PARM TU |
| 03ANKARA5415 |
MTCR PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-25 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA TU |
| 03COLOMBO1542 |
ICOC: Mission conveys request to join in [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-05 05:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA CE MV |
| 03COLOMBO1820 |
SRI LANKA - AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE MODEL [...] Summary: Sri Lanka is an ideal model candidate on water. The GSL has identified water as a priority and has the political will and adequate good governance to see it happen. Because of the government's intentions to provide safe water to the entire population by 2010, improve water manageme [...] |
2003-10-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID KSCA SENV TSPL CE |
| 03COLOMBO990 |
Mission conveys talking points re ICOC to [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-09 08:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC TSPA KSCA MV |
| 03GUATEMALA1752 |
HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] In the absence of more senior officials, PolOff conveyed the Spanish version of reftel points to Marco Tulio Chicas, Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs on July 2 and followed up on July 7. Chicas said our points had been instrumental in preparing a briefing for his superiors, but that [...] |
2003-07-08 18:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KSCA GT USUN |
| 03GUATEMALA2461 |
ICOC - GUATEMALA UNABLE TO SUBSCRIBE BY OCTOBER [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-23 21:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA GT MTCRE |
| 03HANOI2630 |
VIETNAM -- CANDIDATE FOR THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] SUMMARY: Post nominates Vietnam as a candidate country for the water initiative of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (see reftel). Vietnam has an incredibly diverse geography with accompanying water issues. Vietnam has a national water plan, and on-going research projects with a wid [...] |
2003-10-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR KSCA SENV TSPL VM |
| 03HANOI373 |
JOINT RESEARCH ON HEALTH/ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see Paragraph 13 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has made little, if any, progress towards achieving the goals set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in Hanoi on March 10, 2002, following bilateral [...] |
2003-02-16 01:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA KTIA TSPL TNGD PREL TBIO OSCI SCUL ENRG OTRA TRGY MNUC VM |
| 03HARARE2000 |
Zimbabwe HIV and AIDS Education Messages at [...] Summary: Zimbabwe is facing both a food security crisis and the HIV and AIDS pandemic. Rural food distribution points provide an opportunity to save lives in terms of combatting hunger and fighting HIV/AIDS. USAID has just launched a new program working with local communities to capitalize [...] |
2003-10-02 08:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TSPL OSCI TBIO KSCA US ZI |
| 03HARARE757 |
USG Response to Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS Crisis [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TSPL OSCI TBIO KSCA US ZI HIV AIDS |
| 03HARARE758 |
USG HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS IN ZIMBABWE: POISED FOR [...] I call your attention to reftel which outlines the progress the US has made in HIV/AIDS prevention, care/treatment and mitigation in Zimbabwe, perhaps the second most affected country in the world. I believe it critical that the USG continue to give priority attention to Zimbabwe's enormous pu [...] |
2003-04-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TSPL OSCI KSCA ZI US HIV AIDS |
| 03KUWAIT296 |
(U) MTCR PLENARY RESULTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PL KU MTCRE |
| 03LAGOS1034 |
PAS LAGOS CELEBRATES EARTH DAY 2003 [...] SUMMARY: On April 24, PAS Lagos organized a lecture and panel discussion at our auditorium to mark the 2003 Earth Day celebration. Two panelists delivered addresses on the occasion, the PAO and CAO each introduced short films on the environment, and the IRC distributed colorful In [...] |
2003-05-14 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KSCA KPAO |
| 03OTTAWA869 |
CANADIAN VIEWS ON UNECE EFE MINISTERIAL [...] EST Counselor and EST Specialist made the demarche requested in reftel to Jean-Louis Wallace of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). According to Wallace, Canada shares USG concerns about the draft Environment for Europe ministerial declaration. Wallace indicate [...] |
2003-03-26 13:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EU IO KSCA AORC CA |
| 03OTTAWA947 |
CLONING AND STEM CELL BILL PROGRESSING WELL [...] Bill C-13, "An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction," was introduced into the Canadian House of Commons on October 9, 2002. If enacted, it would ban human cloning for both reproductive and research/therapeutic purposes. The legislation, itself a clone of Bill C-56 (Ref A), which died w [...] |
2003-04-02 17:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PHUM TSPL SOCI KSCA CA |
| 03ROME1234 |
BRAZILIAN SEABIRD BYCATCH NPOA [...] AS A FOLLOW UP TO AND UPDATE OF REF B) E-MAIL, U.S. MISSION PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING FORMAL RESPONSE TO REF A) INQUIRY REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BRASILIAN NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION (NPOA) FOR SEABIRD BYCATCH. 2. INITIALLY, ALT PERM REP SPOKE WITH JEREMY TURNER, CHIEF OF THE FISHING T [...] |
2003-03-25 08:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS TBIO KSCA EUN |
| 03ROME1502 |
MTAG 05-96: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER [...] (S) ECONOFF AND UK EMBASSY POLITICAL OFFICER NICK HOPTON DELIVERED REFTEL MESSAGE TO MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON APRIL 8. OUR MEETING FOLLOWED THE APRIL 7 MEETING BETWEEN UK EMBASSY DCM SCOTT WIGHTMAN WITH THE PM'S DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR GIANPAOLO SCARANTE ON THE SAME ISS [...] |
2003-04-08 16:08:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC IT IR UK EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME1605 |
MTAG 05-96: GOI HALTS MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER [...] (S) ECONOFFS MET APRIL 15 WITH GIANPAOLO SCARANTE, DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PM BERLUSCONI, TO RAISE CONTINUED SERIOUS USG CONCERNS REGARDING THE EXPORT OF CLIMATIC CHAMBERS FROM ITALY'S MAZZALI SYSTEMS TO IRAN'S SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT INCORPORATED (REF A). SCARANTE WAS VERY FAMILIAR [...] |
2003-04-15 13:04:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC IT IR UK MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME2080 |
RESEARCH REFORM GOES AHEAD AND CNR PRESIDENT [...] ON MAY 13, LUCIO BIANCO, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CNR) RESIGNED. DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE, BIANCO UNDERLINED THAT HE DECIDED TO QUIT "AFTER MANY MONTHS OF CONFRONTATIONS WITH RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY MINISTER LETIZIA MORATTI AND HER RESEARCH REFORM PROPOSAL". IN A "OPEN L [...] |
2003-05-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL KSCA TBIO TPHY IT |
| 03ROME2330 |
SWEEPING ITALIAN RESEARCH REFORMS SWEEP OUT CNR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TAKEN IN SCHUMPETERIAN TERMS, ITALY IS POORLY POSITIONED AT PRESENT TO GENERATE OR BENEFIT IN EARLY STAGES FROM THE "LONG WAVES" OF RESEARCH, INVENTION, AND INNOVATION WHICH CHARACTERIZE MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGM SHIFTS LIKE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT), BIOTE [...] |
2003-05-28 08:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL KSCA TBIO TPHY IT |
| 03ROME2331 |
BIOTECH OUTREACH: GREEN REVOLUTION TO GENE [...] SUMMARY. WITH SUPPORT FROM PD, USAID AND USDA, MISSION ITALY, AT THE INITIATIVE OF CONGEN FLORENCE, IS COSPONSORING A FOUR DAY CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA MAY 28-31. HEADLINING THE PROGRAM IS NOBEL PRIZE PRIZE WINNER NORMAN BORLAUG, AND SWISS SCIENTIST [...] |
2003-05-28 08:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA TSPL OIIP IT PRC |
| 03ROME2414 |
NUCLEAR PHYSICS LAB SHUT DOWN FOR ALLEGED [...] ON MAY 30, THE PRESS REPORTED THAT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS (INFN) GRAN SASSO LABORATORY WAS SHUT DOWN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. IN PARTICULAR, THE MAGISTRATE DECIDED TO KEEP THE HALL C SEALED, WHERE THE BOREXINO EXPERIMENT IS AND FROM WHERE PSEUDOCUMENE LEAKED INTO A RIV [...] |
2003-05-30 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL KSCA TBIO TPHY IT |
| 03ROME3277 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES CLIMATE CHANGE, EU CHEMICALS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met Minister of Environment Altero Matteoli July 2 to discuss priority issues that might emerge during the Italian EU Presidency. Ambassador praised Italy's position on climate change and Kyoto, pointing out that PM Berlusconi had taken a significant political risk in p [...] |
2003-07-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SENV TSPL KSCA EAID PGOV IT EUN |
| 03ROME3542 |
US-ITALY HEALTH COOPERATION: A 25 MILLION DOLLAR [...] Summary. The US and Italy have long shared strong medical and health research collaborations, but this relationship has expanded and deepened in the last year. On April 17, Health Minister Sirchia and Secretary of Health and Human Services Thompson signed in Rome a Memorandum of Understandin [...] |
2003-08-05 13:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL KSCA TBIO IT EUN |
| 03ROME4137 |
AIDS EPIDEMIOLOGY IN ITALY [...] Summary: More than 100,000 Italians are estimated to be HIV-positive and 51,172 cases of AIDS have been registered from 1982 to December 31, 2002. Cases of AIDS, which are still mainly transmitted through intravenous drug use, have been declining since 1995, as combination therapy for HIV i [...] |
2003-09-11 07:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA IT EUN |
| 03ROME5149 |
ITALY/BIOTEC... [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ref A describes Italian Agriculture Minister Alemanno's latest gambit to effectively ban biotech crop cultivation in Italy by pushing through an extremely restrictive coexistence decree-law. Given the likely negative consequences of this proposal, not least upon U.S. seed expor [...] |
2003-11-13 16:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA TSPL EAID IT EUN |
| 03ROME520 |
TRIMISSION BIOTECH ACTION PLAN THROUGH JUNE 2003 [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE; SEE PARA 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. EMBASSY ROME, EMBASSY VATICAN, AND THE U.S. MISSION TO U.N. AGENCIES IN ROME (FODAG) HAVE ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES FOR 2003: --ADVANCE THE U.S.- EU TRADE AGENDA; --MOVE THE GOI TOWARD SCIENCE-BASED POLICY FOUNDA [...] |
2003-02-07 15:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA TSPL IT EUN |
| 03SANAA1318 |
ICOC - URGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO SUBSCRIBE: [...] (U) On 6/7, Acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche concerning the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) to Marwan Noman, Office Director to Yemen's Foreign Minister. 2. (C) Noman was familiar with the issue: the diplomatic note that would hav [...] |
2003-06-10 13:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA YM MTCRE DEMARCHE |
| 03SANAA1750 |
ROYG NON-COMMITTAL ON HUMAN CLONING RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-20 13:14:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA YM USUN ENVIRONMENT |
| 03SANAA1806 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FM QIRBI ON SANCTIONS [...] (s) Explaining that the sanctions against the DPKR were the result of a required legal review and that Yemen was not sanctioned, the Ambassador delivered talking points in reftel to Yemeni Foreign Minister Qirbi on July 27. He further emphasized that any actions that increased the DPKR's econ [...] |
2003-07-28 08:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | KSCA PARM MNUC ETTC MARR TSPA YM KN MTCRE DEMARCHE |
| 03SANAA2255 |
DEMARCHE ENCOURAGING YEMEN TO SUBSCRIBE TO ICOC [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-10 14:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA YM DEMARCHE |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5097 |
ICOC TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO GODR [...] Poloffs delivered reftel talking points to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Rogert Espaillat, Director and Sub-Director of the Americas desk of the GODR Foreign Ministry. Both were aware of USG interest in the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) and tha [...] |
2003-09-22 15:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA DR |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1284 |
SOFT TARGET VULNERABILITY - TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE [...] Reference (A) Para 6, this mission has had an outreach program in effect with the Amcit private sector since well before 9/11. The program addresses a number of long-standing concerns related to violent crime, corruption and judicial system problems. The number one concern of Americans and Hon [...] |
2003-06-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KSCA PTER HO |
| 03THEHAGUE1632 |
PORTUGAL; NETHERLANDS; CTRY CLR. GRANTED DOE; [...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Thomas Sarkus for travel to The Netherlands July 6 - July 12,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State [...] |
2003-06-25 09:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA |
| 03THEHAGUE1649 |
NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR. GRANTED BOISSEVAIN + 0, [...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Jan G. Boissevain for travel to The Netherlands July 16 - July 25,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of S [...] |
2003-06-26 10:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA |
| 03THEHAGUE1882 |
EPA/OIA FIDLER [...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Dave Goodwin, Anhar Karimjee, Stephen Andersen, and Sally Rand for travel to The Netherlands August 9 - August 14, 2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat as [...] |
2003-07-25 08:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY |
| 03THEHAGUE2387 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-23 13:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA FR NL |
| 03THEHAGUE2445 |
MTAG: DUTCH RESPONSE TO HONG KONG FIRM'S [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division Peter C. Potman September 26, 2003. Potman agreed to pass the nonpaper to Dutch Intelligence. Embassy will also take points to Ministry of Economic Affairs. SOBEL [...] |
2003-09-26 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL TSPA KSCA NL |
| 03THEHAGUE3008 |
THE NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, EPA: DELANEY, [...] Country Clearance is granted for Maureen Delaney for travel to The Netherlands December 11-14, 2003. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State on November 2 [...] |
2003-12-04 12:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY |
| 03VATICAN3359 |
HUMAN CLONING RESOLUTION: HOLY SEE PRESSING THE [...] SUMMARY: PER REFTEL, DCM APPROACHED HOLY SEE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PAROLIN AND PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH ARCHBISHOP JAVIER LOZANO BARRAGAN TO URGE CONTINUED VATICAN ACTION ON BEHALF OF A UN RESOLUTION BANNING ALL FORMS OF HUMAN CLONING. DCM REVIEWED U.S. OBJECTIONS [...] |
2003-07-23 15:47:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA PREL TBIO VT UNGA |
| 03YEREVAN2891 |
Yerevan's commemoration of World AIDS Day [...] SUMMARY: Per reftels, Yerevan participated in several activities focused on raising AIDS awareness in Armenia, including an online chat, the launching of a website and an information seminar on the facts about HIV/AIDS. END SUMMARY. 2. On December 1, Ambassador Ordway kicked off an onlin [...] |
2003-12-02 09:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID KPAO SOCI TBIO KSCA AM |
| 04ABUDHABI1114 |
UAE Environmental Efforts [...] The UAE, led by the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has taken a number of steps to protect the environment and to increase environmental awareness in the UAE. The Federal Environmental Agency (FEA), established in 1993, is the federal agency charged with drafting UAE environmental laws and regulations. [...] |
2004-04-12 15:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV ETRD ECON EPET TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1609 |
ICOC - ENCOURAGING UAE TO SUBSCRIBE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3346 |
Polio Eradication: UAE Response [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-27 03:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA WHO UNICEF TC |
| 04ABUJA177 |
PREVENTING NIGERIAN MISSILE-RELATED COOPERATION [...] (C) February 4, CDA delivered demarche (REF A) on Nigerian missile-related cooperation with North Korea to President Obasanjo's National Security Advisor, LTG (ret.) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau. CDA explained the seriousness with which the USG views North Korean missile and WMD programs, and asked t [...] |
2004-02-04 13:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC KNNP KN NI MTCRE |
| 04AMMAN3741 |
JORDAN-SOLICITING ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 6. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Jordanian Minister of Environment, Alia Bouran, welcomed the opportunity for 1- 2 of her employees to attend the Iraq environment experts workshop. (COMMENT: Post does not believe, however, that Jordan's nas [...] |
2004-05-13 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KSCA SENV TSPL IZ JO |
| 04ANKARA2452 |
FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A PROPOSED RESEARCH [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OSCI TBIO TU |
| 04ANKARA4853 |
MTCR: U.S. PROPOSAL ON BALL BEARINGS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-26 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA TU |
| 04BRASILIA1503 |
TALK OF BRAZIL-CHINA NUCLEAR COOPERATION OVERSTATED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Much was made in the Brazilian press about an apparent agreement reached between Brasilia and Beijing during Lula's May visit to China to cooperate on nuclear energy and technology. The story was exaggerated. It is now clear that little more than inchoate informal agreements to [...] |
2004-06-18 15:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ETTC KSCA PREL BR CH |
| 04BRASILIA913 |
BRAZIL AND U.S. HOLD FRANK, CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Brazil policy discussions in the Joint Standing Committee for Nuclear Energy Cooperation were positive, non-confrontational, and useful to both sides. While Brazil did not express new policy positions on high-profile issues such as the Additional Protocol (AP) or the Resen [...] |
2004-04-15 17:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG KNNP PREL KSCA BR NPT |
| 04BRATISLAVA1064 |
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS FLATTEN SLOVAK FORESTS, GOS [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ON NOVEMBER 19, THE WORST WINDS IN 70 YEARS STRUCK SLOVAKIA'S HIGH TATRAS ALPINE FOREST AREA, SNAPPING TREES LIKE TOOTHPICKS. AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 250 SQUARE MILES WAS DEVASTATED, INCLUDING LARGE SWATHS OF LAND WHERE NEARLY ALL TREES WERE DESTROYED. ALTHOUGH O [...] |
2004-11-24 15:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EAID AMGT KPAO LO SEVN |
| 04BRATISLAVA1147 |
FLATTENED FOREST FACES REDEVELOPMENT DEBATE [...] (U) Summary. On November 19, 2004 hurricane force winds devastated the forests of Slovakia's mountainous High Tatras region. As a result, nearly all the trees were uprooted in a forested area over 240 square kilometers in size. Slovaks were deeply affected by the disaster as the Tatras are [...] |
2004-12-23 06:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EAID KSCA LO SENV |
| 04BRATISLAVA293 |
EARTH DAY IN SLOVAKIA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-25 16:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL TSPA KPAO EAID KSEP LO SEVN |
| 04BRATISLAVA598 |
EU TAXATION OF U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL PREL EAID LO EUN |
| 04BRUSSELS1218 |
BELGIUM: NAME OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL SENV TSPA EFIS BE USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04DUBLIN1093 |
MTCR PAPERS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA MTCRE |
| 04DUBLIN1366 |
MTCR PLENARY INFORMATION PROVIDED TO IRISH [...] (C) On September 15, Post provided to Paul Barnwell, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Arms Control, reftels' preparatory information for the October 4-8 MTCR Plenary in Seoul. Barnwell noted that Therese Healy, DFA Third Secretary for Arms Control, would represent the G [...] |
2004-09-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA MTCRE |
| 04DUBLIN748 |
IRISH UNABLE TO ASSIST REGARDING IRAQI [...] Emboff, drawing on reftel points, on May 17 spoke to First Secretary, Development Co-operation Division at DFA, Aine Hearns. Hearns stated that Ireland's total assistance regarding Iraq was directed through the International Reconstruction Fund for Iraq (IRFI) and would focus on primary educ [...] |
2004-05-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KSCA SENV TSPL |
| 04HANOI3265 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] Summary. The Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong explained to the Ambassador a new initiative to establish Centers of Excellence for returning Vietnam Education Foundation scholars. Building off a suggestion raised during last month's fourth annual Science and Technology Joint [...] |
2004-12-07 07:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG KIPR VM IPROP |
| 04MADRID1058 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/NOAA SYBIL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sybil Seitzinger, Program Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), to travel to Santiago de Compostela March 30-April 4 to attend the Conference Planning Committee for the Ameri [...] |
2004-03-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID1146 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS THOMAS D. LORENSON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geologist Thomas D. Lorenson to travel to Barcelona April 16-24 to participate in a series of working meetings dealing with USGS and international academic partners ocean drilling program Leg 204 post cruise meeting, "Drilling Gas [...] |
2004-04-06 09:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON EMIN SENV SP |
| 04MADRID1154 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HANS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hans Frauenfelder from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Gran Canaria May 24-28 to participate in the 2nd SPIE International Symposium "Fluctuation and Noise" and to give a lecture on "Proteins are Highly Inhomogeneous Systems." 2. [...] |
2004-04-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1155 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DENNIS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis P. Roach from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Madrid May 05-15 to conduct FAA-sponsored work on the inspection of composite and metallic structures using advanced health monitoring techniques and other work related to homelan [...] |
2004-04-06 10:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1206 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS WILLIAM J. WINTERS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS William J. Winters, Civil Engineer, to travel to Barcelona April 19-22 to present and discuss laboratory test results at the Ocean Drilling Program LEG 204 post-cruise meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...] |
2004-04-14 09:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP |
| 04MADRID1591 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Wojciech H. Zurek from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Santa Cruz de la Palma June 1-4 to present two papers titled: "Quantum Darwinism and Envariance" and "Decoherence and the Loschmidt Echo" at the University of La Lagun [...] |
2004-05-06 12:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1622 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-07 11:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA SP |
| 04MADRID1625 |
REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE OF PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA SP |
| 04MADRID1652 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLIFFORD VOSS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Clifford Voss, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to travel to Cartagena and Barcelona May 23 - June 13 to attend and participate in the 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting (SWIM) and teach a workshop on seawater intrusion modeli [...] |
2004-05-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TPHY SENV ECON OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1742 |
SPAIN: ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY [...] We spoke with high level officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (including the Spanish International Aid Agency) and Environment regarding reftel meetings. Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri expressed interest in sending a couple of his [...] |
2004-05-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KSCA SENV TSPL IZ SP |
| 04MADRID1770 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA NICHOLAS J. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Nicholas J. Curro from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Gran Canaria Island May 25-28 to participate at the "Fluctuations and Noise in Materials" Conference held at Maspalomas. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...] |
2004-05-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1771 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA GLORIA ELENA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Gloria Elena Chavez from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Madrid May 21-30 to attend the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...] |
2004-05-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1777 |
SPAIN ON NON G-8 PLEDGES FOR CHORNOBYL SHELTER FUND [...] We delivered reftel points to Francisco Arana Landa, Subdirector General for Nuclear Energy in the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Echoing the response he gave during our first approach on this issue (ref b), Arana said May 17 that no decisions have been made due to the change of gov [...] |
2004-05-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSCA SP |
| 04MADRID1813 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA GERALD SCOTT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA/NMFS Gerald Scott, Supervisory Fishery Biologist, to travel to Madrid May 30-June 5 to participate in the 2004 International Commission for Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Exploratory Meeting for East Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefish Tuna. [...] |
2004-05-19 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID1814 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS SCOTT, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA/NMFS Fishery Biologists Gerald Scott, Mauricio Ortiz, Shannon Cass-Calay and Craig Brown to travel to Madrid June 25-July 5 to attend the Conference of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. 2. Embassy und [...] |
2004-05-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID1850 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH CLAUDE RICKEY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/EH Claude Rickey Jones to travel to Madrid May 22-June 6 to participate in the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA-11). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. V [...] |
2004-05-20 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA KSCA SENV TBIO SP |
| 04MADRID1895 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID. V. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey David V. Fitterman, Research Geophysicist, to travel to Cartagena May 29-June 5 to represent the USGS and present a paper at the 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting. 2. For futher cables please note that only American [...] |
2004-05-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KSCA OTRA TPHY SP |
| 04MADRID1933 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DAVID [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA, Office of Defense Programs, David B. Marks from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Toledo May 28-June 5 to be a speaker at a conference about a system for performing computerized speaker and language identification in support o [...] |
2004-05-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2095 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HECTOR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA, Office of Defense Programs, Hector E. Lorenzana from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to travel to Madrid June 25-July 15 to present a paper at a scientific workshop attended by Spanish and international researchers in high-pressure [...] |
2004-06-04 14:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2295 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Claudia Johnson Lewis from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Zaragoza July 2-24 to conduct in field work dealing with geopmorphology and seismic hazards. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...] |
2004-06-17 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2296 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JOE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Joe David Thompson from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Sitges July 8-15 to present a paper and attend the 7th International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...] |
2004-06-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2297 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Rolando D. Somma from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Palma de Mallorca June 21-July 1 to visit Universitat de Illes Baleares and continue collaborations in the area of Quantum entanglement and condensed matter systems. 2. [...] |
2004-06-17 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2299 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/MSFC JOE T. HOWELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joe T. Howell from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to travel to Granada, June 27-July 3 to present papers at the 4th International Conference on Solar Power from Space. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...] |
2004-06-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2300 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JOHN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA John NMN Singleton from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Sitges July 10-16 to give a lecture and attend the 7th International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors (SNS 2004). 2. Embassy understands that no a [...] |
2004-06-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2394 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2430 |
Country Clearance granted for EPA Brobst and [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV SP |
| 04MADRID2449 |
Country Clearance granted for USGS: Bricker [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-29 13:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP |
| 04MADRID2496 |
Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith- [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP |
| 04MADRID2502 |
Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith- [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP |
| 04MADRID2571 |
Country Clearance granted for NOAA/NMFS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID2572 |
Country Clearance granted for Ellen Dotson, [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID2573 |
Country Clearance granted for DHHS/CDC Zuzana [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID2764 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NICOLAS W. HENGARTNER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nicolas W. Hengartner, Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, July 24-31 to speak at the 6th World Congress of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...] |
2004-07-20 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2856 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HANS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hans Frauenfelder, DOE, for travel to Seville, September 13-18 to present a talk at the New Horizons in Stochastic Complexity Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of d [...] |
2004-07-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3093 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS JOANNE C.T. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne C.T. Ferreira, Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to travel to Barcelona, September 13-22 to participate in Eurostrataform Gulf of Lions research cruise aboard the R/V Oceanus, an American University National Oceanographics Labo [...] |
2004-08-13 10:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV SP |
| 04MADRID3095 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE THOMAS SARKUS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Sarkus, Division Director, Advanced Energy Systems Division and Physical Scientist, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy to travel to Madrid, September 16-19 to inspect the Shell [...] |
2004-08-13 10:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3251 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLENN CADA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Cada, Research Staff Member, UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory to travel to Madrid, September 9-21 to present the latest DOE-sponsored research into biological effects of turbulence to international scientists and engineers. 2 [...] |
2004-08-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3263 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN MCCORMICK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen McCormick, Research Physiologist, U.S. Geological Survey to travel to Castellon, September 3-10 to attend and participate in the 5th International Symposium on fish endocrinology. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...] |
2004-08-30 10:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON TBIO SP |
| 04MADRID3264 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES R. SCHWANK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James R. Schwank, Sandia National Laboratories, NNSA to travel to Madrid, September 19-26 to attend the conference, "Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visito [...] |
2004-08-30 10:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3603 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH BROOKS, SHANNON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) personnel: Elizabeth Brooks, Shannon Cass-Calay, Joseph Powers, Gerald Scott, Guillermo Diaz, Mauricio Ortiz, Clarence Porch, Craig Brown an [...] |
2004-09-21 07:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA EFIS OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3626 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENRY DIAZ [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Diaz, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 20-October 1, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate accomplishments under the NOAA/OGP Project on Historical [...] |
2004-09-22 09:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA SENV OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3735 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DIEGO F. TORRES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Diego F. Torres, DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 9-November 13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to visit the High Energy Astrophysics Group at the Univer [...] |
2004-09-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3767 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOYCE A. OBER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joyce A. Ober, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 22-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Sulfur 2004 Conference and to visit a sulfur recovery plant and a sulfuric acid plant. [...] |
2004-09-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA ECON OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3900 |
SPAIN TO CONTRIBUTE ONE MILLION EUROS TO POLIO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-06 08:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO XG XT SP WHO OECD |
| 04MADRID3928 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. CAROL KENDALL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carol Kendall, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 28-November 2, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as thesis examiner at the Ph.D. Dissertation Defense of Laura V [...] |
2004-10-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY SENV KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3979 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCISCA LIEM [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Francisca Liem, Chief, Laboratory Data Integrity Branch, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and Assurance, EPA, to travel to Madrid and Valencia, Spain from October 22-29, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate Spain's Good Laboratory [...] |
2004-10-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4007 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHLEEN H. FRIZELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen H. Frizell, Research Hydraulic Engineer, Water Resources Research Laboratory, Technical Service Center, Bureau of Reclamation, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 30-November 7, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give two pres [...] |
2004-10-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4079 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL D. STROTTMAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel P. Strottman, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), to travel to Valencia, Spain from March 1-May 31, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct collaborations with scientists from the Univ [...] |
2004-10-20 08:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4195 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID DEMARINI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David DeMarini, EPA Official, Office of Research and Development, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 10-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a lecture entitled, "Mutagenicity of Disinfection By-Products Associated with Drinking [...] |
2004-11-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4266 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HAROLD E. BROOKS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold E. Brooks, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to travel to Madrid and Leon, Spain from November 5-13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the European Conference on Severe Storms. [...] |
2004-11-05 08:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4286 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM HALSEY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Halsey, Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as a technical expert in OECD/NEA's working group [...] |
2004-11-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4336 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY S. KARGEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey S. Kargel, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14-21, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present an invited seminar at the Astrobiology Institute (INTA) and to participate in field i [...] |
2004-11-12 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KSCA TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4502 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN RUSSELL COCHRAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Russell Cochran and Ahmed A. Hasan, Sandia National Laboratories, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, Department of Energy, to travel to Cordoba, Spain from December 8-18, 2004. The purpose of this visit [...] |
2004-11-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4528 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEORGE IMEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to George Imel, Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 8-9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a specialists meeting held by CIEMAT concerning the final muse [...] |
2004-11-30 11:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA KNNP OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4637 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LLOYD L. LOOPE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lloyd L. Loope, Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain from December 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate at the convention on Biological Diversity. 2. Embassy u [...] |
2004-12-09 10:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KSCA TBIO TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID573 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA ATCHER AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert W. Atcher and Mario Ruben Perez from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona and the islands of Mallorca March 6-21 to conduct site visits with organizations involved in energy production, pollution control, meet with U.S [...] |
2004-02-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID574 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Michael Mustaleski, DPE/NNSA/DPTRAV funded traveler, to travel to Madrid, March 7-11 to give a presentation and discussions on international technical standards at the 15th Technical Sessions on Welding Conference. 2. Embassy underst [...] |
2004-02-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID575 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Cornelia M. Verspoor from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Granada, March 27-April 1, to make a scientific preentation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT ASSESSMENT: In general, Spain is s [...] |
2004-02-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID611 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS ROBIN TUTTLE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USDOC/NOAA/NMFS employee Robin Tuttle, Foreign Affairs Specialist to travel to Madrid February 20-29 to attend the Executive Committee of the International Network for the Cooperation and Coordination of Fish Monitoring. 2. Embassy understa [...] |
2004-02-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID672 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC BOND, MILLER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas H. Bond, Dean R. Miller and Mark G. Potapczuk from the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) to travel to Madrid April 1-2 to meet with Alejandro Feo for discussions on Icing Research by Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial (INTA). 2 [...] |
2004-02-27 09:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID719 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA AMY RISPIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Amy Rispin, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to travel to Madrid, March 22-28 to attend a meeting on the OECD Classification of Chronic Aquatic Hazards. 2. Embassy understands tha [...] |
2004-03-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP |
| 04MADRID776 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOE LINDA GUNTER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Energy official Linda Gunter, Acting Associate Director, Nuclear Cycle Technology, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology to travel to Madrid March 30-April 2 to attend the Nuclear Energy Institute's World Nuclear Fu [...] |
2004-03-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA TRGY KSCA KNNP SP |
| 04MADRID819 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LUIS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Luis M. Rocha from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Granada March 26-31 to attend the Biocreative Workshop and present a work titled "Fuzzy Consensus for Inter-Agent Negotiation." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...] |
2004-03-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID828 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV ANDREW [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Andrew W. Erickson from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Barcelona March 11-20 to complete the EMBA Program through UNM in accordance with LANL AM409.08 Policy. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THRE [...] |
2004-03-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID830 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA BRIAN MONTAGUE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA official Brian Montague, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) to travel to Madrid March 23-27 to attend the OECD Classification of Chronic Aquatic Hazards Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...] |
2004-03-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP |
| 04MADRID860 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS HAROLD R. NEWMAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold R. Newman, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to travel to Madrid March 26-April 10 to attend the 17th Industrial Minerals International Congress. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT [...] |
2004-03-12 17:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON EMIN SENV SP |
| 04MADRID862 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDINT/FWS LOUIS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to LOuis Ballard, Fish and Wildlife Service Official, Department of Interior to travel to Cordoba April 17-23 to present a paper on Fire Planning and Development Effort to an international conference designed for Fire Planners. 2. Embassy unde [...] |
2004-03-12 17:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID950 |
SPAIN ON NON G-8 PLEDGES FOR CHORNOBYL SHELTER FUND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP KSCA OTRA TRGY |
| 04MADRID981 |
INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-23 09:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL SENV TSPA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID987 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOE MARK DELWICHE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Delwiche, Senior Scientist, and Frederick Colwell, Consulting Scientist with Bechtel B&W Idaho, a contractor to Idaho Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy, to travel to Barcelona April 15-24 to speak at the Ocean Drilling Program L [...] |
2004-03-23 11:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MANAMA1472 |
BAHRAIN: POLIO ERADICATION [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief September 21 delivered reftel talking points, non-paper, and OIC resolutions regarding the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al-Umran. Al-Umran understood the connection between the PEI and the Organization of Islamic Confer [...] |
2004-09-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA BA ISCON WHO UNICEF |
| 04PRETORIA3283 |
SOUTH AFRICA: REVIEW OF DR. ROBERT FINKELMAN'S [...] (U) Summary: On June 28, Dr. Finkelman, a coal scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, completed a highly successful three-month tour-of-duty as Embassy Science Fellow. Dr. Finkelman met with more than 500 South Africans in over forty formal meetings, presentations, and seminars to officia [...] |
2004-07-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EMIN SENV EIND BC MZ WA SF |
| 04PRETORIA3391 |
SOUTH AFRICA INAUGURATES RECEIVING STATION FOR [...] Summary. The recent launch of earth observing satellite reception capability at South Africa's Satellite Applications Center (SAC) extends and enhances ongoing efforts to apply satellite-based information to support agriculture, food security, and disaster management and mitigation efforts. [...] |
2004-07-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR TBIO KSCA OSCI SF |
| 04PRETORIA3539 |
NEW SOUTH AFRICAN AIDS STATISTICS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI KSCA SF |
| 04PRETORIA3646 |
SOUTH AFRICA - NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE VISIT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has begun to evaluate potential partner countries for an initiative to develop science academies in Africa. The Gates Foundation-funded initiative seeks to build science academies' capacity to provide independent scientific analysis and ad [...] |
2004-08-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV TBIO KSCA OSCI SF |
| 04PRETORIA5285 |
South Africa establishes National Biodiversity [...] On December 2, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) Marthinus Van Schalkwyk officially launched the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) at Pretoria's National Botanical Gardens. The institute came into being in September 2004, transforming from the National [...] |
2004-12-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TBIO KSCA ECON SF |
| 04PRETORIA5363 |
South Africa recognizes, supports and [...] Summary. South Africa continues to support the protection and development of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) through a variety of government and private efforts. In the late 1990s, the new South African Government encouraged deeper investigation into IKS through research projects and sur [...] |
2004-12-13 14:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TBIO KSCA ECON ETRD KIPR SF |
| 04PRETORIA5371 |
SOUTH AFRICA AND RUSSIA SIGN SCIENTIFIC AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-14 10:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KNNP KSCA SF |
| 04ROME3024 |
PROJECT ONE BILLION - PATRONAGE FROM THE UN [...] This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. Background: Project 1 Billion (P1B) - named for the more than 1 billion persons affected by mass violence embodied in the experience of war, ethnic conflict, torture and terrorism - has been under way since an initial meeting of officials fr [...] |
2004-08-05 04:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA IT UN |
| 04ROME3592 |
REPATRIATING SPENT ELK RIVER FUEL FROM ITALY - [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. ---------------- SUMMARY ---------------- 2. This report is further to ref A report of Secretary Abraham's call on Prime Ministry Under Secretary Letta August 25. In that call, U/S Letta asked Secretary Abraham's personal help to p [...] |
2004-09-20 04:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL KNNP KSCA IT |
| 04ROME4141 |
ITALY/BIOTECH: PROPOSED COEXISTENCE DEGREE COULD [...] (C) Summary. Agriculture Minister Alemanno has once again asked the Italian Council of Ministers to approve a decree-law on the coexistence of GM and non-GM seeds planted in Italy. Like the draft that Alemanno attempted (unsuccessfully) to push through in November 2003, the vague text of the [...] |
2004-10-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA IT |
| 04ROME4797 |
ITALY/BIOTECH: BAN ON FOUR GM CORN [...] (U) Summary. Italy's August 2000 ban on the commercialization of four biotech corn varieties was annulled on November 29, 2004, by a Lazio regional court. The ruling on the so-called Amato Decree result from a lawsuit filed in November 2000 by three multinational seed companies and an Italian b [...] |
2004-12-20 05:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR TBIO KSCA IT WTO |
| 04ROME4809 |
ITALY/BIOTECH: BAN ON FOUR GM CORN [...] (U) Summary. Italy's August 2000 ban on the commercialization of four biotech corn varieties was annulled on November 29, 2004, by a Lazio regional court. The ruling on the so-called Amato Decree resulted from a lawsuit filed in November 2000 by three multinational seed companies and an Italia [...] |
2004-12-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR TBIO KSCA IT WTO |
| 04SANTODOMINGO2489 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No objection to proposed study. HERTELL [...] |
2004-04-23 15:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR KSCA TBIO OSCI |
| 04SANTODOMINGO4515 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-05 15:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR KSCA TBIO OSCI |
| 04SANTODOMINGO5150 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] Embassy Santo Domingo has no foreign policy objection to proposed research. KUBISKE [...] |
2004-09-15 14:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR KSCA TBIO OSCI |
| 04SANTODOMINGO5372 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-28 13:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR KSCA OSCI TBIO |
| 04TAIPEI3360 |
TAIWAN: LATE-SEASON TYPHOON STRIKES TAIWAN [...] Summary. Typhoon Nock-ten struck Taiwan's northeast on October 25. Nock-ten moved more swiftly than July's Typhoon Mindulle and August's Aere and caused less damage. Nevertheless, four people were killed, one remains missing, and more than 100 were injured. Taipei was one of the hardest hit [...] |
2004-10-28 04:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT SENV ECON KSCA KPAO TW |
| 04TELAVIV6550 |
ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT WANTS TO WORK WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli Ministry of Environment officials hope to work closely with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make progress on some of Israel's most challenging environment problems. Those include: asbestos and hazardous waste cleanups, emergency preparedness, water securit [...] |
2004-12-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO KSCA EIND PGOV PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04THEHAGUE1037 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-23 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA UK NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1569 |
NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR, DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LANDA + 2, [...] Country Clearance is granted for Alexander Landa, Jeffrey Grossman and Andrew James Williamson for travel to Leiden, The Netherlands from July 10-17, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas o [...] |
2004-06-24 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1841 |
UKRAINE, THE NETHERLANDS, COUNTRY CLR, NSF: [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. James Morris, Program Officer, Division of Environmental Biology, for travel to Utrecht, The Netherlands from July 26-30, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secur [...] |
2004-07-21 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TSPL OTRA KSCA UP NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1917 |
NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS: GELFENBAUM, 08/03- [...] Country Clearance is granted for Guy R. Gelfenbaum for travel to Delft, The Netherlands August 3-17, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at least a se [...] |
2004-07-30 13:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1921 |
NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS:MANGAN, 08/11-13/04 [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Margaret T. Magan for travel to Amsterdam, The Netherlands August 11-13, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at l [...] |
2004-07-30 16:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1922 |
NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS:SHERWOOD, 08/21- 25/04 [...] Country Clearance is granted for Christopher R. Sherwood for travel to Delft, The Netherlands August 21-25, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at l [...] |
2004-07-30 16:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2091 |
ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-23 14:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA FI NL |
| 04THEHAGUE598 |
CHORNOBYL SHELTER FUND - DUTCH DOUBTFUL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-10 16:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSCA ENRG OTRA TRGY NL |
| 04THEHAGUE916 |
NETHERLANDS - CTRY CLR, DOE/EE: DANIEL LAIRD, [...] Country Clearance is granted for Daniel Laird for travel to The Netherlands April 17-22, 2004. 2. Embassy point of contact is Economic officer Todd Kushner (tel:31-70-310-9273; email kushnerta2@state.gov post understands that no travel assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visit [...] |
2004-04-08 09:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA NL |
| 04WELLINGTON1032 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NITA TALLENT- [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official Nita Tallent-Halsell, Office of Research and Development, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from February 1 - May 1, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend long-term training on the invasive species impact study, [...] |
2004-12-14 02:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1036 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JERRY MULLINS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Physical Scientist Jerry Mullins, to travel to Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand from January 10- 28, 2005. The purpose of Mr. Mullins' visit is to transit Christchurch to and from McMurdo Station in Antarctica, where he will [...] |
2004-12-14 21:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON655 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes DOE Official David Streets to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2 - 25, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) conference, and present a paper on "Mercury Emissions in China." 2. Embassy understands t [...] |
2004-08-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA CH NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON656 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIALS [...] Embassy welcomes NOAA Officials David D. Parrish and Susan Solomon to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 1 - 10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Eighth Conference of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project. 2. Embassy understands that no further assi [...] |
2004-08-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON668 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Howard Diamond, DOC Physical Scientist, to travel to New Zealand from September 3 - 11, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper at the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Conference in Christchurch, to participate [...] |
2004-08-05 03:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA KSCA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON678 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Senior Scientist, Akkihebball R. Ravishankara to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2 - 9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Conference. 2. Embassy unders [...] |
2004-08-09 02:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON684 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Physicist Graham Feingold to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2 - 10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no further [...] |
2004-08-09 22:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON692 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA OFFICIALS [...] Please see action request para 3. 2. Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Officials Phil Oshida and Eric Bissonette to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 31 to September 2, 2004. The purpose of this trip is to visit utilities and regulators in Christchurch as part of a [...] |
2004-08-12 00:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY AS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON704 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOI Bureau of Land Management Official Mr. Don Bruns to travel to Christchurch and Queenstown, New Zealand from August 22 - 25, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak at New Zealand's Recreation Association Annual Conference. 2. Embas [...] |
2004-08-17 03:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KSCA TPHY SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON714 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIALS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Officials Timothy S. Bates and Patricia K. Quinn to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 29 - September 10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Global Atmosphere Chemistry Program Meeting. 2. Emb [...] |
2004-08-19 23:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON728 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIAL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Kea Duckenfield to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 30-September 11, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give invited talk at the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Conference. 2. Embassy understa [...] |
2004-08-25 21:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON735 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO NIUE FOR DINT OFFICIAL ANNE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DINT/Fish and Wild Life Service Official Anne Brooke to travel to Niue, September 2-15, 2004. The purpose of travel is to survey the flying fox population of Niue, in cooperation with the New Zealand Department of Conservation and the Niuean Department of [...] |
2004-08-27 04:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV KSCA TBIO NE NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON739 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE OFFICIAL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Official Gary Steigel to travel to New Zealand from September 26 - October 2, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with several organizations in NZ to discuss coal gasification. 2. Embassy understands no assistance is required. [...] |
2004-08-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA AS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON744 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIAL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce NOAA Research Chemist Edward J. Dlugokencky to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a site visit with the national Institute of Water and Atmospheric Rese [...] |
2004-09-01 05:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON745 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS ROMEO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist Romeo Flores to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2-25, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lecture at a seminar on coal bed natural gas and coal geology as the Erskine Fellow of the [...] |
2004-09-01 05:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON771 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIALS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOC NOAA Scientists Robert W. Embley, Sharon L. Walker, and Edward T. Baker to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from September 18 - October 22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the research cruise aboard the N [...] |
2004-09-09 22:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON795 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS ROMEO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist Romeo Flores to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 1-15, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lecture at a seminar on coal bed natural gas and coal geology as the Erskine Fellow of the U [...] |
2004-09-16 03:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON797 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS RUGGIERO, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following U.S. Geological Survey Biologists: -- Michael RUGGIERO to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from September 29 - October 9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Species 2000 Management Meeting and the Gl [...] |
2004-09-16 03:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON825 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA'S NITA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official Nita Tallent-Haisell, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 1 to December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the meeting of the Invasive Species Impacts Study. 2. Embassy understands no assistance is [...] |
2004-09-27 04:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON852 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLOVER, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Cartographer Robert Glover (November 4 through December 9), Geographer Daniel (November 6 through December 15, and Physical Scientist Larry Hothem (November 21 through January 7), to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, enroute to an [...] |
2004-10-07 20:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON857 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PETER WRIGHT, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Hydrologist Peter Wright to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 24, 2004 to January 15, 2004 enroute to and from McMurdo Station in Antarctica. The purpose of the trip to Antarctica is to conduct research and data colle [...] |
2004-10-13 00:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON860 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO NIUE FOR NOAA OFFICIAL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service Official Richard K. Nygard to travel to Alofi, Niue, October 25 - 29, 2004. The purpose of travel is to re-establish and install Tsunami Tide System. 2. [...] |
2004-10-13 23:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON862 |
NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON POLIO ERADICATION REQUEST [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the America's Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Dr. Douglas Lush, Acting Director of the Communicable Diseases Unit in the Ministry of Health; and to Vicki Poole, Global Group Program Manager at the NZ Agency for International [...] |
2004-10-14 00:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO NZ OECD |
| 04WELLINGTON886 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. JEFFREY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NESDIS Official, Mr. Jeffrey Key, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 23-25, and on or about November 21, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand on his way to Antarctica, where he will implement a syste [...] |
2004-10-21 22:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TSPA NZ |
| 04YEREVAN1115 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SOLICITING ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 7, 2004 we discussed talking points in refs A and B with America's desk officer Lilit Toutkhalian. She replied that she would look into whether Armenia had any appropriate people to send to the workshops, and indi [...] |
2004-05-10 07:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KSCA SENV TSPL IZ AM |
| 05ABUDHABI1788 |
SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL ESTH HUB IN OMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EMBASSY ABU DHABI STRONGLY SUPPORTS ESTABLISHING A REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HEALTH HUB OFFICE IN OMAN TO PROVIDE PROGRAMMATIC AND POLICY SUPPORT TO THE UAE AND THE WIDER GULF REGION. THE ENHANCED EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE OF THE HUB OFFICE WOULD ALLOW THE [...] |
2005-04-24 09:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO KSCA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3131 |
ABU DHABI EMIRATE RESTRUCTURES ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY [...] (U) President Khalifa bin Zayed signed a law on July 10, 2005 that restructures the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's environmental authority. Formerly known as the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA), the new Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi has greatly increased enforcement auth [...] |
2005-07-17 04:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA ECON EPET ETRD TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4111 |
ENCOURAGING A NATIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK FOR UAE [...] (U) Two Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) seismologists, Dr. Keith Nakanishi and Dr. Arthur Rodgers, visited the UAE on September 13 and 14 in coordination with a planning meeting for the 2006 Gulf Seismic Forum that will be hosted in Oman. The two seismologists have been working wi [...] |
2005-09-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA ECON EPET ETRD TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4225 |
UAEG PREPARES FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) Summary: Recently, the UAEG established a task force to devise a contingency plan to block avian influenza from entering the country. As such, the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry has imposed a ban on the import of live birds and their products from countries where cases of the diseas [...] |
2005-10-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE |
| 05ABUDHABI993 |
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TO REMAIN A LONG-TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: Former UAE President Sheikh Zayed, who died in November 2004, was widely respected in the UAE as an avid environmentalist who worked to "green" the UAE by promoting forestry and agriculture. Rapid expansion of agriculture, however, has negatively impacted the UAE,s ground wat [...] |
2005-03-02 10:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ETRD KSCA SENV TC |
| 05ABUJA1683 |
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ON AVIAN, PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] Embassy Abuja's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and an economic officer met on Sept. 9, 2005 with Ambassador Abdul Bin Rimdap, director general of the Nigerian Foreign Ministry's international organizations. 2. DCM presented ref talking points on the U.S. Government's intention to launch at t [...] |
2005-09-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO XX NI AVIANFLU |
| 05ACCRA1900 |
GHANA SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON [...] (SBU) On September 15, Charge delivered Ref A points on seeking Ghanaian participation in an international partnership on Avian Influenza to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kwasi Osei-Adjei and Deputy Minister of Health Sam Owusu-Agyei. Deputy Foreign Minister Osei-Adjei promised to coordi [...] |
2005-09-19 17:09:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO GH |
| 05ALGIERS1674 |
UPCOMING SIGNING OF THE U.S.-ALGERIA S&T AGREEMENT [...] Econoff notified MFA Deputy Director of the Americas August 11 of USG agreement to the Algerian proposed changes to the Science and Technology Agreement (preamble paragraph 3) and informed him that we understood U/S for Global Affairs Dobriansky was prepared to come to Algiers for the signing [...] |
2005-08-13 18:14:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TSPL AG US |
| 05ALGIERS1917 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AG |
| 05ALMATY1436 |
KAZAKHSTAN: REPONSE TO INQUIRY ON BIOKOMBINAT [...] (C) Summary: The GOK has investigated the USG's concerns regarding dangerous pathogens at the Biokombinat facility in Almaty and discovered a number of strains which, under Kazakhstani law, should be moved to a centralized GOK storage facility. The GOK does not consider the strains to be a pr [...] |
2005-04-12 12:14:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSCA KZ PARM TBIO POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2986 |
KAZAKHSTAN SUBSCRIBES TO THE HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kazakhstan has subscribed to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). End Summary. 2. (SBU) Zhulduz Baizakova of the MFA's office of international security told POEC chief on August 16 that the GOK had formally subscribed t [...] |
2005-08-19 01:40:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA MNUC ETTC TSPA PREL KZ WMD POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3706 |
KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF PROPOSED [...] Reftel solicited the Embassy's comments on the foreign policy implications of NIH's proposed award of a research project entitled "Rapid Assessment of Drug Law and Policy in the FSU and CEE," which involves a Kazakhstani institution, the "Credo" organization in Karaganda. The Embassy recomme [...] |
2005-10-12 04:11:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA KZ ECONOMIC |
| 05AMMAN5907 |
Jordan's Request for Science Fellows [...] Summary: Post requests four Embassy Science Fellows (Ref A). One Science Fellow would fill a longstanding commitment to the Government of Jordan under the Joint Environmental Forum (JEF) of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement to provide an environmental economist. The second fellow would c [...] |
2005-07-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA JO |
| 05AMMAN6094 |
Jordanians, Israelis Bridge the Rift in Joint [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordanian, Israeli, and U.S. university professors and students in early July participated in a joint scientific survey of the Dead Sea area environment along the Jordan-Israel border. This survey and its predecessor in January, 2005, are the first of their kind and essential [...] |
2005-07-31 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID TBIO TSPL KSCA JO |
| 05AMMAN7753 |
Iraqi Scientists, Engineers Seek Funding for [...] Summary: The "International Conference to Engage Iraq's Science & Technology Community in Developing its Country" took place in Amman, Jordan on September 18-20 with support and participation from DOE and State. Over fifty Iraqi scientists and engineers attended to present and seek funding f [...] |
2005-09-29 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV TBIO SOCI EAID KNNP IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8821 |
Gulf ESTH FSN Conference in Qatar - November 23 [...] The Amman-based NEA Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Hub Office, with the cooperation of Embassy Doha (ref), invites action posts to participate in a one-day conference for FSNs on ESTH issues. The conference will be held at Embassy Doha on November 23. Action posts [...] |
2005-11-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA JO XF |
| 05AMMAN9865 |
MTCR PLENARY RESULTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-26 09:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA JO MTCRE |
| 05ANKARA5275 |
TURKEY INTERIM RESPONSE ON AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP [...] Turkey was not able to deliver a definite response to our request for commitment to join an international partnership on avian and pandemic influenza (REF A). Officials at MFA and the Ministries of Health and Agriculture said the proposal looked positive, but were unable to give an official r [...] |
2005-09-09 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO TU |
| 05ANKARA5943 |
TURKEY - INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-03 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI TU WHO |
| 05ANKARA7594 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy personnel Harvey W. Clark, Ronald August Hansen, Scott Eston Hulse and Christopher John Joines to travel to Turkey from January 6-29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is in support of Department of Defense custome [...] |
2005-12-28 10:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KSCA PREL OTRA TU |
| 05ASUNCION1344 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN MOSESSO, ROGER SYRE AND [...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for USGS Biologist John Mosesso (Security clearance: none), Geographer Roger Sayre (Security clearance: none), and Technical Information Specialist Andrea Grosse, (Security clearance: none) for travel to Asuncion, Paraguay from November 10-2 [...] |
2005-10-26 19:50:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA PA |
| 05ATHENS1347 |
INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTH ISSUES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EFIS TBIO SENV TSPA TSPL |
| 05ATHENS3227 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Embassy Athens has reviewed proposed research project No. HL066947-06 involving the University of Washington/National Institutes of Health and Papanikolau Hospital in Thessaloniki Greece for further study of Beta Thalassemia. Post supports implementation of research at the discretion of N [...] |
2005-12-23 06:10:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR KSCA TBIO OSCI |
| 05BAGHDAD4384 |
AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK DOES NOT POSE SIGNIFICANT [...] SUMMARY: The H9N2 strain of avian flu virus detected in the northern governorates does not pose a significant health risk to humans. The GOI is responding and developing response and prevention plans. An Embassy task force is following the situation and assisting the GOI as necessary and ap [...] |
2005-10-25 08:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KSCA TBIO IZ |
| 05BANGKOK1209 |
ISLAND BIODIVERSITY MAIN THEM AT CONVENTION ON [...] Summary: The Tenth Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological advice (SBSTTA) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was held in Bangkok on February 7-11, 2005. The main goal of the meeting was to develop a program of work on island biodiversity. Other major themes [...] |
2005-02-17 02:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KSCA SENV TH |
| 05BANGKOK1765 |
THAILAND: SUBSCRIPTION TO THE HCOC [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Nawinee Plyoni of the International Organizations Peace, Security, and Disarmament (IO/PSD) division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nawinee confirmed that Thailand planned to subscribe to The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Prolif [...] |
2005-03-10 09:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA TH MTCRE |
| 05BANGKOK4796 |
CORRECTED VERSION: THAILAND'S NATIONAL DISASTER [...] Summary: Thailand's new National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) issued a "Tsunami Watch" immediately following the 7.2 Richter magnitude earthquake near Nicobar Island in the Indian Ocean late at night on July 24. The "watch" prompted local officials to evacuate residents and tourists in some [...] |
2005-07-27 01:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TSPL PREL SENV EAID KSCA TH |
| 05BOGOTA9413 |
COLOMBIAN TO PARTICIPATE IN AVIAN FLU SENIOR [...] (U) PolOff met with representatives from MFA, the Ministry of Public Health and animal health experts from the Ministry of Agriculture on September 27 to discuss Colombian participation in the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) and the Senior Officials Meeting (S [...] |
2005-10-03 21:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA CO |
| 05BRASILIA1030 |
BRAZIL'S QUARTERLY ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: The following is a summary of events relating to the Brazilian environmental situation from January to March, 2005. End Summary ------------------------------------- Transposing the Sao Francisco River ------------------------------------- 2. Transposing the waters of the Sao F [...] |
2005-04-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TNGD TRGY KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA1053 |
BRAZIL'S QUARTERLY ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: The following is a summary of events relating to the Brazilian environmental situation from January to March, 2005. End Summary ------------------------------------- Transposing the Sao Francisco River ------------------------------------- 2. Transposing the waters of the Sao F [...] |
2005-04-18 19:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TNGD TRGY KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA1120 |
BRAZIL PUSHES FOR TIMELY CONCLUSION OF TALKS ON [...] The GOB is pushing for the conclusion of the LBA/NASA and Smithsonian Institution "arrangements" prior to the September 2005 U.S.-Brazil Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) meeting. Missing that target may result in a Brazilian suggestion to postpone the CAE. Successful conclusion of t [...] |
2005-04-27 12:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV TBIO KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA1133 |
APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED [...] On April 18, 2005, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 152, dated April 15, 2005) approving the research project proposal entitled "ASSESSMENT OF IDURONATE-2-SULFATASE IN MPS II (HUNTE [...] |
2005-04-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA1146 |
APPROVAL OF FDA RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED [...] On April 18, 2005, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 152, dated April 15, 2005) approving the research project proposal entitled "ASSESSMENT OF IDURONATE-2-SULFATASE IN MPS II (HUNTE [...] |
2005-04-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA1188 |
BRAZIL HEALTH NEWS UPDATE [...] Summary: Brazil's Ministry of Health has made headlines both domestically and internationally, primarily regarding HIV/AIDS programs and drugs. The GOB has demanded negotiations for voluntary licensing for key HIV/AIDS "cocktail" drugs; refused approximately US DOL 24 million in potential fu [...] |
2005-05-05 12:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO TPHY KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA126 |
CARTAGENA PROTOCOL AND BRAZIL BIOTECH REGS [...] Since the first Meeting of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in February 2004, the GOB has introduced, but still not passed, legislation that would change regulatory practices concerning biosafety. Although, the bill is pro-GMO, it would reinforce existing labeling and documentat [...] |
2005-01-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EAID SENV KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA2619 |
BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, head of the Brazilian Ministry of Health Infectious Disease section will be attending the IPAPI Senior Officials meeting on October 6 and 7. Dr. Barbosa's contact information is as follows: Phone (55- 61) 3224-8861/3226-1216, Cell: (55-61) 9970-0880, Fax (55-61) 3223-1168 [...] |
2005-09-30 19:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRASILIA2652 |
ADDITIONAL INFO ON BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE [...] Per reftel, additional information for Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Brazilian participant in the IPAPI Senior Officials meeting on October 6 and 7 is as follows: Brazilian Official Passport SA167908, issued March 31, 2003; Date of Birth: May 16, 1957. DANILOVICH [...] |
2005-10-05 11:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRASILIA89 |
INVITATION FROM BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY FOR NIH [...] The Brazilian Foreign Ministry has extended an invitation to Kevin Bialy (and other NIH representatives if desired) to visit Brasilia after January 15, 2005, for face- to-face discussions related to NIH medical research projects. The topics mentioned by the Brazilians were discussion of a sp [...] |
2005-01-10 12:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA98 |
USITC TRAVEL TO BRASILIA FOR COLLECTION OF DATA ON [...] (U) Summary: United States International Trade Commission (USITC) Senior International Trade Specialist David Ingersoll and International Trade Analyst Christopher Mapes visited Brasilia December on December 21-22, 2004, after visits to Rio and Sao Paulo to speak to Brazilian governmental enti [...] |
2005-01-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG EPET SENV TSPL KSCA BR |
| 05BRATISLAVA203 |
BRATISLAVA CONCURS WITH EXBS ADVISOR POSITION IN ZAGREB [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-10 14:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSCA KSTC PARM PREL HR SI LO MTCRE |
| 05BRATISLAVA25 |
LOCAL PERSPECTIVE ON FOREST DISASTER [...] (U) Summary. On January 4, Econoff and FSN visited civic leaders in the Tatra region to discuss restoration and renewal efforts in the wake of the recent wind disaster that leveled 250 square kilometers of forest (reftel A). Two of the leaders are also members of the GOS Commission establis [...] |
2005-01-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KPAO AMGT KSCA LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA550 |
TATRAS RENEWAL DEBATE [...] Summary. On June 16, 2005, post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) to introduce two American forestry experts to Slovaks working on restoration efforts in the Tatras Mountains (ref A). The conversation allowed the Americans to begin assessing the specific damage, better understand the [...] |
2005-07-12 14:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KPAO AMGT KSCA LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA716 |
SLOVAK'S POSITIVE ABOUT AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA865 |
SLOVAKS PURSUING AVIAN INFLUENZA AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials from the GOS appear to be making good progress on contingency plannnig for an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) as well as the possibility of a human-to-human pandemic disease. Ministry of Health State Secretary Alexandra Novotna (also Deputy Health Minister and SI [...] |
2005-10-25 15:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR SOCI KSCA LO WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRATISLAVA873 |
SLOVAK AVIAN INFLUENZA FRAMEWORK PLAN [...] On October 26, the GOS approved and publicly released its framework plan to combat the threat of avian influenza (AI) and the possibility of a pandemic virus. The new plan replaced a previous version established in August of 2001. The framework established a Commission, headed by Minister of [...] |
2005-10-27 14:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR SOCI KSCA LO WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BUCHAREST228 |
EURATOM TO ROMANIA TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL [...] EconOff transmitted the Department's inquiry regarding EURATOM's shipment to Romania of nuclear material to Dr. Lucian Biro, President of the National Commission for Nuclear Activity Control (CNCAN) and Dr. Serban Valeca, President of Romanian Nuclear Agency. 2. On January 24, Dr. Biro sen [...] |
2005-01-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP TRGY KSCA RO |
| 05CAIRO6961 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-08 12:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OSCI |
| 05CALGARY706 |
FOUL FOWL FLU FIGHTERS [...] (U) Taking advantage of the media frenzy generated by the recent discoveries of a low pathogenic strain of avian flu in British Columbia and California, the Calgary Health Region (CHR) board announced on November 29 its strategy for combating pandemic outbreaks. Experts predict that, in the eve [...] |
2005-12-01 19:21:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA SOCI PREL CA WHO KSTH |
| 05COLOMBO1050 |
SEVENTH SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF SOUTH ASIA [...] SUMMARY. THE SEVENTH SARI/ENERGY SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING WAS HELD IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA ON JUNE 1-3, 2005. A SARI/ENERGY SPONSORED REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY REPORT PREPARED BY INDEPENDENT EXPERTS IN THE REGION LAID OUT RECOMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS FOR ADDRESSING REGIONAL ENERGY SHORTAGES AND [...] |
2005-06-13 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG KSCA XD ECONOMICS |
| 05COLOMBO1594 |
INITIAL SRI LANKAN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-09 06:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO CE |
| 05DARESSALAAM702 |
CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS PEPFAR, DONOR [...] Charge on March 23 hosted a lunch for Chiefs of Mission of donor countries resident in Dar es Salaam with substantial HIV/AIDS programs. Present were Chiefs of Mission from Canada, UK, Germany, Norway, Japan, Ireland, and Denmark. Chiefs of Mission from The Netherlands and Sweden were invit [...] |
2005-04-11 04:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO KSCA TZ |
| 05DHAKA202 |
TSUNAMI AND EARTH OBSERVATIONS: US PROPOSAL FOR [...] On January 19, we conveyed reftel points and proposed text language to MFA UN Affairs Director General Ismat Jahan, who had no substantive response. We are also providing copies to relevant officials at the BDG's Ministry of Food and Disaster Management. 2. The annual summit of the South [...] |
2005-01-18 06:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KSCA SENV BG UNESCO |
| 05DHAKA3178 |
CELLPHONE CONNECTION TAX CHOKES SECTOR GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The BDG has attempted to squeeze private cellphone providers with a new tax on SIM/RIM cards. The four largest cellphone providers, already in control of the most lucrative portion of the cellphone user market, have balked, leading to a new tax that will be passed along to the [...] |
2005-07-07 09:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KMCA ECON KSCA ECPS EFIN ETRD PGOV TSPL BG |
| 05DHAKA3711 |
DHAKA PROPOSAL FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM - 2005 [...] This cable responds to reftel's invitation to apply for projects funded under the Embassy Science Fellows Program (ESFP). Two proposals follow. National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme of Bangladesh: --------------------------------------------- -------------- 2. Tuberculosis is a ma [...] |
2005-08-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV ECON BG |
| 05DJIBOUTI218 |
HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated issues such as ballistic missiles were more of a concern for certain countries. He continued that Djibouti normally waits until a general consen [...] |
2005-03-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA DJ |
| 05DUBLIN1116 |
MTCR PLENARY: IRELAND FAVORS SYRIA MODEL ON NORTH [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-09 13:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA MTCRE MUNC |
| 05DUBLIN1350 |
SCENE-SETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY ALEX M. AZAR [...] Embassy Dublin warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Ireland. Senior Irish policy-makers, academic leaders, and industry standouts look forward to substantive exchanges with you on health sector issues. The Embassy is planning a reception in your honor that will bring together officials an [...] |
2005-11-02 17:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OTRA TBIO SOCI KSCA PREL EUN EI |
| 05DUBLIN1441 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH DR. KATRINA [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, Program Director, National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 5 to 9, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to speak at an Amyortophic Lateral Sclerosis Symposium. [...] |
2005-11-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA UK EI |
| 05DUBLIN1450 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO - NIH/FIC DR. SEGAL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. David Segal, Senior Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 7 to 10, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to conduct a site review at Trinity College for the Science Foundation Ireland. [...] |
2005-11-30 08:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA EI |
| 05DUBLIN1462 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DRS. CAI AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Huaibin Cai, Investigator, National Institute on Aging, HIH; and, Dr. Robin Conwit, Program Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, HIH to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 6 to 11, 2005. Purpose of the visit [...] |
2005-12-02 10:05:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA EI |
| 05DUBLIN1481 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DR. MERIKANGAS [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kathleen Merikangas, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 3 to 12, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to attend and give a presentation at the 16th International Symposium on AL [...] |
2005-12-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA EI |
| 05DUBLIN1482 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PAULINE LOGAN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Pauline Logan, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Galway, Ireland, from December 16 to 31, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to inspect one medical device manufacturer for compliance with FDAs Good Manufacturing Practice [...] |
2005-12-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA US EI DA |
| 05DUBLIN1483 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DRAGANA BRZAKOVIC [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation official, Dragana Brzakovic, Senior Staff Associate in the Office of Integrative Activities to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 11 to 19, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to serve as a chairman to the Alimentary P [...] |
2005-12-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA NSF EI |
| 05DUBLIN1520 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HHS/FDA DOREEN VAZQUEZ [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Doreen Vazquez, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Waterford, Ireland, from January 13 to 20, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform Regulatory Inspection at Bausch & Lomb Ireland, Ltd. 2. Per reftel, post und [...] |
2005-12-14 10:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA EI |
| 05DUBLIN1527 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EPA OFFICIAL JIM [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official, Jim Willis, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 21 to 25, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend the International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) Europe meeting. 2 [...] |
2005-12-15 16:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY EPA EI |
| 05DUBLIN273 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] Post has no objections to this proposed research project. 2. If there are any further questions or concerns, please contact Economics Officer Joseph Young at YoungJM@state.gov. KENNY [...] |
2005-03-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OSCI |
| 05DUBLIN574 |
IRELAND - NAME OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EFIS TBIO SENV TSPA TSPL |
| 05DUBLIN822 |
IRISH RESPONSE TO POLIO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-01 12:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO WHO |
| 05DUBLIN959 |
MTCR: IRELAND TO PARTICIPATE IN IE AND EE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-03 09:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA MTCRE |
| 05DUSHANBE1779 |
TAJIKISTAN: STOPPING AVIAN FLU AT ITS BORDERS WITH NO [...] To date, Tajikistan has no reported cases of Avian Flu. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture as well as the country's Veterinary Services have taken stringent measures to stop Avian Flu from entering Tajikistan's borders. 2. The Veterinary Service has begun to capture and examine wild [...] |
2005-11-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EAID TBIO KSCA SOCI TI KSTH |